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GRANT COUNTY, Wash. (02MAR2016) – The lockdown of schools across Grant County was prompted this morning after a 39-year-old Flagstaff, Arizona man made threats to shoot up Coulee City schools. Benjamin VanTassell is in the Grant County Jail facing multiple charges. VanTassell called Spokane television station KHQ around 7:00 this morning expressing the threats. KHQ staffers notified the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, which sent deputies to Coulee City. The Coulee City schools were closed for the day. Deputies were able to track the mov...
Investigators following up on several leads into a set of Grand Coulee area crimes served a search warrant this morning (Feb. 25, 2016) at a Grand Coulee home. Grant County’s Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET), the U.S. Secret Service, Grand Coulee Police and Grant County sheriff’s deputies served a search warrant at 419 A Street in Grand Coulee. Investigators developed information that Melvin Toulou, age 43, had been storing stolen property at the home. Toulou was arrested Feb. 12 for possession of stolen property. Inv...
A Grand Coulee man is in jail today after a raid Friday in Grand Coulee. Melvin E. Toulou, Jr., 42, is in the Grant County Jail for investigation of possession stolen property. A task force led by the Grant County Interagency Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) and the U.S. Secret Service served a search warrant on Toulou’s home at 308 Burdin Boulevard in Grand Coulee and also at a home at 58220 Spokane Boulevard near Grand Coulee. Along with illegal drugs, officers found thousands of dollars worth of property believed to have been stolen d...
COULEE CITY, Wash. (11DEC2015) – A 29-year-old Coulee City man is in the Grant County Jail after allegedly firing a rifle, causing Coulee City schools to lock down temporarily this morning, the county sheriff’s office reports. David E. Chapman was arrested without incident Friday morning at his home in a trailer park in the 36800 block of Road I.8 Northeast in Coulee City. Chapman is alleged to have pointed a rifle at his brother during an argument at the home Thursday night. That incident was not reported until Friday morning. Friday mor...
The community is invited to a Christmas Mass at Paschal Sherman Indian School on Wed. Dec. 16 at 12:45 pm. There will be drumming, a Salish version of Jingle Bells performed by PSIS students and special music presented by Brian Philips on the flute. A Native American Christmas song, The Huron Carol will be performed by Rob Stafford. For more information, contact the PSIS school office, 422-7590....
KELLER FERRY – The Keller Ferry on SR 21 across the Columbia River is out of service. One of the two engines on the vessel has some issues that require immediate repairs. Under US Coast Guard regulations the boat cannot be operated in passenger service with only one engine. Parts have been ordered and have been shipped and should arrive early tomorrow morning (Saturday, Dec. 5) and repairs will get underway, the Washington Department of Transportation said. It is unknown exactly when the vessel can return to service. Until then, motorists a...
EPHRATA, Wash. — (Updated with new information at 7:10 p.m.) At approximately 4:15 p.m. today an explosion was reported at Priest Rapids Dam along the Columbia River. At this point there are six confirmed employees with various levels of injury that have been taken to regional medical facilities via airlift or ground ambulance. All six employee families have been notified. The extent of their injuries is unknown at this time. The cause of the explosion is attributed electrical equipment and the hydroelectric facility remains stable. A...
Eastern Washington University is proud to announce an academic and community program to honor the legacy of Lucy Covington, a Colville Tribal Council member who changed the course of American Indian history through her courageous and selfless style of leadership in the face of great odds. Covington was instrumental in reversing the United States government’s effort to extinguish its unique relationship to American Indian tribes. The Lucy Covington Center at EWU will honor Covington’s place in history by working to educate the next gen...
Omak, WA -- Weather moderated fire behavior for North Star and Tunk Block Fires early this week but there is still a lot of work to be done. With more than 360,000 acres of fire, officials calculate that there are more than 370 miles of perimeter between the two fires. North Star Fire has about 195 miles and Tunk Fire has 178 miles excluding the spots and perimeters around unburned islands. According to a publication produced by the Forest Service in 2011, fireline production rates for a 20 person crew are between 6 and 12 chains per hour for...
NORTH STAR FIRE UPDATE Wednesday 08/26/2015 –9:30AM Acres: 168,539 Start Date: August 13, 2015 Cause: Under investigation Location: Approximately 12 miles north of Nespelem, WA. Containment: 5% Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass and understory Structures Threatened: 2000 + Total personnel: 648 Today's Actions: A Level 3 Evacuation Order, for areas around Republic, will start at 9 a.m. today for the areas of Copper Lakes/Copper Mountain Area, Mikray Place, Mule Deer Road, White Tail Flats Road, R...
LAKEVIEW, Wash. (27AUG2015) – The Richland Police Bomb Squad assisted Grant County Sheriff’s Deputies on Wednesday night when a small homemade explosive device was found along a road. A citizen discovered a small fire around 8:00 p.m. near Division Road North and Moses Lake Avenue Northwest in Lakeview and alerted the fire department. Deputies also responded and discovered what appeared to be a small homemade explosive device which had apparently burned but not detonated. The Richland Police Bomb Squad was summoned and their members ren...
NORTH STAR FIRE UPDATE Thursday 08/27/2015 –10:00AM Acres: 174,681 Start Date: August 13, 2015 Cause: Under investigation Location: Approximately 12 miles north of Nespelem, WA. Containment: 17% Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass and understory Structures Threatened: 2000 + Total personnel: 713 Today's Actions: A Red Flag Warning will be in effect starting at 11:00 am through 9:00 pm this evening. In anticipation of the wind event, dozer lines and burn-out operations will continue in the Aeneas V...
NORTH STAR FIRE UPDATE Thursday 08/27/2015 –10:00PM Acres: 179,834 Start Date: August 13, 2015 Cause: Under investigation Location: Approximately 12 miles north of Nespelem, WA. Containment: 22% Fuels/Topography: Timber, grass and understory Structures Threatened: 2000 + Total personnel: 808 Community Meeting Tomorrow, August 28, 2015, 4:00 PM Republic Elementary School, 30306 East Hwy 20 Republic, WA 99166. Today’s Actions: Extreme fire behavior was exhibited throughout the 149.5 mile perimeter of the fire. Dozer lines were constructed and...
State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the North Star Fire near the city of Nespelem. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on August 19, 2015, at 5 pm at the request of the city of Nespelem Fire Department. The fire started on August 13, 2015, at approximately 3:30 pm. The cause of the North Star Fire is cause of the fire is under investigation. The fire has...
MOSES LAKE – A fire which tore through a Moses Lake business Friday, July 17, 2015, has been ruled accidental. Grant County Deputy Fire Marshal Nathan Poplawski says employees at Inland Tarp and Cover, 4172 North Frontage Road East, accidentally ignited a fire while using a metal chop saw. Sparks from the cutting ignited nearby combustibles. Employees tried to put out the fire using extinguishers, but the fire quickly grew out of hand. Firefighters from Grant County Fire District 5 were called around 9:40 a.m., and quickly called for help f...
State fire assistance has been mobilized under the Washington State Fire Services Resource Mobilization Plan in support of local firefighters working to contain the Douglas County Complex Fire – 2 fires: Jameson Lake Fire, 8 miles ESE of Waterville, and Pine Canyon Fire, 14 miles SE of Mansfield, in Douglas County. Washington State Patrol Chief John Batiste authorized the mobilization of state firefighting resources on July 10, 2015, at 11:15 pm at the request of Douglas County Fire District 1 and District 8. The fire started at a...
MOSES LAKE, WA – The Washington State Department of Health has notified the Grant County Health District that three Grant County mosquito samples were positive for West Nile virus. The samples were collected by Grant County Mosquito Control District #1. These are the first positive samples in Grant County this year and the second in Washington. The positive samples locations were: · One trap: Sand Dunes Road and Camas Place “Western Sand Dunes” · Two traps: Dodson Road near I-90 exit 164 There have been no human cases of the virus in Washing...
Keller, Wash. – The Twenty-One Mile Grade Fire began on the afternoon of July 1 and is approximately 1,000 acres. It is located approximately 25 miles north of Keller, WA and east of Hwy 21. The Colville Indian Agency Type 3 Management Team transitioned to the Washington Interagency Incident Management Team #5 – IC Bruce Holloway – today at 0600 hours. On this incident, firefighters are dealing with treacherous terrain and hot temperatures - expected to reach 100 degrees today – that are exp...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA) introduced H.R. 2097, the Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act of 2015 to streamline the Bureau of Reclamation’s environmental planning and study process for new surface water storage projects. The bill would apply the same streamlined water project development process used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers under the Water Resources Reform Development Act of 2014 to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in order to facilitate the construction of new dams and reservoirs. “Wa...
(Olympia) - Washington state high school juniors and seniors with an interest in law enforcement as a career will have an opportunity to spend a week this summer learning about the roles and job opportunities within law enforcement. Applications are currently being accepted for the 38th Annual Washington State - Kiwanis Youth Law Enforcement Camp to be held at the Washington State Patrol Academy in Shelton from July 19 through July 25, 2015. Applications can be downloaded from the State Patrol’s Home Page, wsp.wa.gov, under “Outreach.” The a...
Southwest Washington - On January 4, 2015, troopers in Lewis County were called to a two vehicle collision on State Route 12 involving a passenger car and semi-truck. The driver of the passenger car, Mr. Jay Sume of Randle, WA, was fatality injured when the vehicle he was driving crossed the center line, impacting the front of the semi-truck. The cause of the collision is still under investigation. This fatality collision presented another obstacle for troopers. The wife of Mr. Sume arrived on scene after reading a message of the incident on...
The Keller Ferry was put back into service early Monday morning, Oct. 6, after a weekend of repairs, the DOT said. Weekend drivers who planned on using the Keller Ferry to cross the Columbia River via State Route 21 will need to find another route. The Keller Ferry will be out of service starting at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, for hull repairs. Service is anticipated to resume on Monday, Oct. 6, barring any unforeseen circumstances. Over the weekend, vessel builder Foss Maritime of Seattle will make permanent repairs to a 1 ¾ inch-long hairline crac...
State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette says she is disappointed that the Federal Emergency Management Agency is sticking by its earlier decision to deny financial assistance to individual victims of this summer's wildfires in North Central Washington. "There are many whose lives were turned upside down and could benefit from a hand up – not a handout – from the government as they work to move forward," she said in a statement. "There is only so much the state can do, so the federal government's sta...
At the request of the Grant County Sheriff’s Office, the Washington State Patrol’s Major Accident Investigation Team (MAIT) assumed primary investigative responsibility for the fatal traffic collision involving an on-duty Grant County Sheriff’s deputy and a Jeep Cherokee. The crash occurred at approximately 9:35 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, at the intersection of Dodson Road and Road 5 NW. The deputy was traveling south on Dodson in a 2013 Chevrolet Silverado pickup when he collided with the eastbound 1996 Jeep. The driver of the Jeep suffe...
The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office is investigating burglary/theft cases in the southwest corner of Lincoln County and has a photo he'd like help identifying. On Sept. 12, a suspect burglarized a residence for the second time and a camera captured the suspect in the photo below. Sheriff Wade Magers is asking the public for their help in identifying the individual on the bike. Magers says suspect may have been dropped off by another individual in a pickup to allow him to burglarize the...
